“We think that this driver was driving at a high rate of speed and collided with another vehicle and, as a result of that collision, flipped over, overturned,” said Officer Edgar Figueroa, with the California Highway Patrol. “The driver of that vehicle was ejected onto the freeway traffic sign.”

Kardashian says the family can’t believe something like this would happen.

In fact, he says the family had sacrificed a lamb to protect Pananian just five days before the crash.

“A week ago today on 10/25 the family had done what is called a “matag” or a lamb sacrifice for Richard to protect him from harm and evil. In the Armenian culture sacrifices are done when someone escapes death, as Richards life was once spared,” Kardashian wrote on the GoFundMe page.